Nail Polish Trends | Fashion Week Fall 2013

An Up-Close Look at New York Fashion Week's Coolest Manicures

The spotlight may be on the clothes, but New York Fashion Week is also where the new nail art and color trends emerge. From intricate, hand-painted designs to ways to play with color, texture, and shapes, we present the fashionable nail looks that have been designer approved for Fall 2013.

At Badgley Mischka, Deborah Lippmann debuted one of the shades from her new Holiday 2013 collection, Red Silk Boxers. The red metallic hue dries matte for a silklike finish. Talk about the ultimate in luxury.

The models at Prabal Gurung wore an olive green shade from the Prabal Gurung by Sally Hansen collection called Loden Green. To create a military influence, nail artist Jin Soon Choi accented the base of the nail with a gold V-shape using Coat of Arms.

CND cofounder Jan Arnold worked with designer Alexander Wang to come up with this sandstone manicure. To get the effect, Impossibly Plush was feathered on the nail with a fan brush and then the color was given a weathered look using the CND Glossing Buffer.

Tracy Reese collaborated with Sally Hansen to design the New Wave Blue polish used for her Fall 2013 collection. The nails were polished with a gold base and topped with the blue polish to create a metallic border.

Fall was still all about the darker tones at Cushnie et Ochs, where the dark polish meshed well with the berry lipstick. Essie used a black shade called Licorice on four fingers leaving the pinky metallic in Good as Gold.

The mod nail design was created by lead manicurist Simcha Whitehill for Color Club for the Charlotte Ronson Fall 2013 presentation. There were five color combinations: black and white, light and dark gray, purple and red, purple and green, and deep blue and sand.

Nails are clearly important when you're in nothing but lingerie. Butter London accented the Spanish-influenced La Perla Fall 2013 collection with nude nails in Yummy Mummy and a black moon using Union Jack Black.

Deborah Lippmann was on the nails at Richard Chai's Fall 2013 show with a brand-new shade that won't be available until the holidays. The new color, Harem Silks from Bombay, is a deep tone that perfectly complemented the clothes.

The Creatures of Comfort Fall 2013 collection was inspired by artist Louise Bourgeois's prints, which translated to textured fabrics. The nails were painted with Priti NYC Cobweb Hen, a pale, grayish blue, to complement the color scheme.